TY - JOUR
T1 - Modelling the effect of a novel auto-dissemination trap on the spread of dengue in high-rise condominia, Malaysia
AU - Greenhalgh, David
AU - Liang, Yanfeng
AU - Nazni, Wasi Ahmad
AU - Teoh, Guat-ney
AU - Lee, Han Lim
AU - Massad, Eduardo
PY - 2018/12/20
Y1 - 2018/12/20
N2 - In this paper, we use the classical Ross-Macdonald model to analyse the effect of the Mosquito Home System (MHS), which is an example of an auto-dissemination trap, in controlling the spread of dengue in Malaysia in a high-rise condominium environment. By using the national dengue data from Malaysia, we are able to estimate which represents the initial growth rate of the dengue epidemic and thus allows us to estimate the number of mosquitoes in Malaysia. The basic reproduction number R0 is also obtained. We have constructed a mathematical expression which allows us to estimate the potential number of breeding sites for Aedes mosquitoes. Later on, by using the data available from the eleven months trials carried out in three blocks of flats in Selangor, we improved on our dengue model by including the effect of the MHS and thus modelling the impact it
AB - In this paper, we use the classical Ross-Macdonald model to analyse the effect of the Mosquito Home System (MHS), which is an example of an auto-dissemination trap, in controlling the spread of dengue in Malaysia in a high-rise condominium environment. By using the national dengue data from Malaysia, we are able to estimate which represents the initial growth rate of the dengue epidemic and thus allows us to estimate the number of mosquitoes in Malaysia. The basic reproduction number R0 is also obtained. We have constructed a mathematical expression which allows us to estimate the potential number of breeding sites for Aedes mosquitoes. Later on, by using the data available from the eleven months trials carried out in three blocks of flats in Selangor, we improved on our dengue model by including the effect of the MHS and thus modelling the impact it
KW - dengue
KW - auto-dissemination trap
KW - Mosquito Home System
KW - ordinary dier- ential equations
KW - delayed model
KW - aedes aegypti
KW - aedes albopictus
KW - numerical simulations
KW - Malaysia
UR - https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscinet/jbs
U2 - 10.1142/S0218339018500250
DO - 10.1142/S0218339018500250
M3 - Article
VL - 26
SP - 553
EP - 578
JO - Journal of Biological Systems
JF - Journal of Biological Systems
SN - 0218-3390
IS - 4
ER -